Chapter proposals are invited for a volume entitled The Human Translator in the 2020s, to be edited by Gary Massey, David Katan and Elsa Huertas Barros. The advance of machine translation (MT) into the routine cognitive work hitherto done by translators creates an increasing demand for post-editing and related technology-led skills, but it is also opening spaces for… Read More »
Centre for Comparative Literature at University of Hyderabad conducts series of online lectures on various topics featuring prominent academicians across the globe. The inaugural lecture will be delivered by Prof. Rupa Viswanath (Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen). Title: “Permanent Minorities and Political Domination: Ambedkar on Representative Democracy” Date: 18 Sept 18 2020Time: 7.30 PM, IST… Read More »
Positions are available for the 2021-22 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN CRITICAL TRANSLATION STUDIESThe Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan announces a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Critical Translation Studies. The fellowship is funded by the Mellon Foundation in conjunction with a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Sites of Translation in the Multilingual Midwest . The candidate will have… Read More »
KTDRR’s 2020 Virtual Conference: Social Media Strategies for Knowledge Translation KTDRR’s 2020 Virtual Knowledge Translation Conference theme is is “Social Media Strategies for Knowledge Translation.” Presenters will address key questions pertinent to any researcher or product developer: How can social media help me understand what people need? or want to know from my work? How can it be… Read More »
Second Hong Kong Baptist University International Conference on Interpreting Theme COGNITIVE APPROACHES Dates 8-9 April 2021 Venue Dr. Wu Yee Sun Lecture Theatre (WLB109) Shaw Campus Hong Kong Baptist University Organizers Centre for Translation and Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies Hong Kong Baptist University Cognitive approaches to studying interpreting have been one of the main streams… Read More »
10th AIETI 2021 International Congress 17 – 19 June 2021 | University of Minho, Braga The University of Minho, through its Institute of Letters and Human Sciences (ILCH) and the Center for Humanistic Studies (CEHUM), will organize the 10th International Congress of the Iberian Association of Translation and Interpretation Studies (AIETI), which will take place on the 17th , 18… Read More »
Translation as an act exists in the intersection of the creative and the critical. In engaging with different language systems it opens up new dialogic spaces. In a world that is becoming largely intolerant of multiple perspectives and where survival of a number of languages are becoming a matter of concern, translation can be one of the important… Read More »
Job Description The College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) is looking for a faculty member to join the Translation Studies department. Candidates who have strong background in Translation Studies should be dedicated to excellence in teaching and field education, with maximum commitment to high professional standards. Faculty members will also conduct… Read More »
International Webinar on ‘Translation across Frontiers’ Plenary-3 Guest Speaker: Prof. Kobus Marais,Professor, Department of Linguistics and Language PracticeUniversity of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa;Vice-president, Association for Translation Studies in AfricaTopic: “Considering the Thermodynamics of Translation.”Join Zoom Meeting:https://zoom.us/j/93669752158?pwd=NHdnMzFBTzhZZ0tuSERVZVR5Q3pQdz09 Date: 11th September, 2020Time: 03:30 PM Indian Standard Time Meeting ID: 936 6975 2158Passcode: 733407 This session will be live… Read More »
The second plenary of the International Webinar series ‘Translation Studies across Frontiers’ jointly organized by the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad and Faculty of Arts, Communication, and Indic Studies, Sri Sri University, Cuttack is titled as “The Great Derangement: Ecology and the Future of Translation Studies”. The talk will be delivered by Prof.… Read More »
